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... feeling so beautifully expressed by a cele- brated divine : " I persuade myself that the life and faculties of man , at the best but short and limited , cannot be employed more rationally or laudably than in the search of knowledge ...
... feeling so beautifully expressed by a cele- brated divine : " I persuade myself that the life and faculties of man , at the best but short and limited , cannot be employed more rationally or laudably than in the search of knowledge ...
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... feeling , 275 3. If insulted by an equal , he remembers the respect due to the court , 275 4. If a judge forget himself , he feels for the infir- mities of the best natures , 276 5. If he yield to anger , it does not rankle , 276 6. He ...
... feeling , 275 3. If insulted by an equal , he remembers the respect due to the court , 275 4. If a judge forget himself , he feels for the infir- mities of the best natures , 276 5. If he yield to anger , it does not rankle , 276 6. He ...
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... feeling her care ; and the greatest , as not exempted from her power . Both angels and men and creatures of what condition soever , though each in different sort and manner , yet all , with uniform consent , admiring her as the mother ...
... feeling her care ; and the greatest , as not exempted from her power . Both angels and men and creatures of what condition soever , though each in different sort and manner , yet all , with uniform consent , admiring her as the mother ...
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... feeling of the nation were awakened . On the 6th of December , 1820 , six young men and women were executed ; on the ... feelings : there was great confusion amongst the immense as- semblage and shouts of disapprobation . When Sarah ...
... feeling of the nation were awakened . On the 6th of December , 1820 , six young men and women were executed ; on the ... feelings : there was great confusion amongst the immense as- semblage and shouts of disapprobation . When Sarah ...
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... feelings , the time ought to be limited ; and he thought that the law , giving this power to an irritated indi- vidual , would be perverted by some of the many bad pas- sions , which ought not to interfere in the administration of ...
... feelings , the time ought to be limited ; and he thought that the law , giving this power to an irritated indi- vidual , would be perverted by some of the many bad pas- sions , which ought not to interfere in the administration of ...
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Page 8 - Of law, there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care ; and the greatest, as not exempted from her power.
Page 78 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 108 - ... from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Page 191 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Page 255 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page 217 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 19 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
Page 264 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 48 - Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people...
Page 246 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.